DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
" To Make Any Change You Have To Start From A Place Of Acceptance And Understanding Of Each Other ... Accepting Of All , Challenging Ourselves To Be Inclusive In All We Do "
When you look back on your company ’ s D & I efforts in five years , what do you hope to have accomplished ?
Lorri : We anticipate that our diversity and inclusion plan will have evolved based on factors ranging from our own available Avenue5 program data to larger societal trends and developments . At a company level , we will have made active contributions to the industry-wide and societal discourse around these areas . We will have been part of the solution , moving to advance initiatives ensuring that those in our society are treated with respect and equality .
Leon : By 2025 we will have shifted the way our employees think about DE & I . The program should be seamless and interwoven into the fabric of who we are . Most employees will be impacted by my work and be able to incorporate a DE & I lens into every aspect of their work .
Jared : I look forward to the day that we are a much more diverse organization at every level including the C-suite . By 2025 , I expect our company to be more diverse on all levels , to continue to welcome new ideas , new backgrounds and new experiences with open arms . By 2025 , metrics will be in place to measure our D & I success with our team and with supplier partners we choose to include in our business efforts .
Delta : We aim at creating ally ’ s and advocates of a diverse and inclusive workforce . Knowing that we have built a culture where our workforce embraces each other , is introspective and open to learning from each other to us means we have made positive change . Getting to a place where everyone can contribute the absolute best of themselves is the ultimate goal of having a diverse and inclusive workplace .
Parke Pettegrew is Vice President of Property Management for BLDG Management .
Faith Aids is the Director of Marketing and Innovation for Redpeak .
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